From the expulsion of the Hyksos to Armageddon, the epic Passover saga does not reflect a specific event, but seems to contain distant memories that may give us clues to the real history of the ancient Israelites
Ancient Egypt had intimate relations with Canaan, and most of the Semitic peoples migrating there would have been Canaanite. But not all.
The coin, minted in Constantinople around 420, shows Emperor Theodosius II on one side and the goddess Victory on the other
The hull of the merchant vessel found off Antalya by Hakan Oniz and team is long gone, but the shape of the copper ingots is unmistakably the same as found in Minoan palaces, and depicted in ancient Egyptian tombs
New archaeological evidence and biblical scholarship suggest Shishak wanted to make Egypt great again – but may have inadvertently steered the Israelites into creating a great nation of their own
Until now archaeologists had believed that chickens were domesticated for the sake of watching them fight, which the ancients found marvelously entertaining
Previously unknown Homo luzonensis is an enigmatic mosaic of primitive features like Australopithecus and modern ones like nobody else’s — and doesn’t seem to have descended from the same Homo erectus that we did, scientists say
Amphibious proto-cetacean living 50 million years ago looked like a cross between a crocodile, a dog and a beaver and could swim as well as walk on land, paleontologists say
Where were the Jews of the city during the Second Temple period, and why did they disappear after 150 years?
The seal bears the name of Nathan-Melech, apparently an officer of the Judahite King Josiah, and was found in First Temple-period ruins
The Jews who lived in the recently discovered village seem to have done very well for themselves from exporting olive oil and wine 2,000 years ago, though what they did with their pigeons is anyone's guess
Malham is one of 150 caves in Mount Sodom, at the southern part of the Dead Sea, that are made of pure salt. It’s been known to Western travelers since the end of the 19th century
Apparently there was a United Monarchy after all, posits biblical archaeologist Israel Finkelstein – just not under the kings Saul, David or Solomon, but centuries later under Jeroboam II
Conventional wisdom challenged: Turns out the exodus began a century before conquest, and for different reasons
After a decade of prising the long-lived, then long-dead animal’s bones from the rock, the mighty mega-rex Scotty was named for the bottle they broke out to mark the event
Pottery fragment dated to Persian period found in Jerusalemite household garbage pit 2,500 years ago
The excavation of a Byzantine-era Jerusalem tunnel hit a block: the remains of an Umayyad palace; only by creating a large opening in its wall can tour groups pass through
Mosaics and isotope analysis show that early Christians came from Europe, Turkey and the northern Levant to pray at Mount Nebo, from where Moses saw Canaan
Once a pagan village, the Negev metropolis arose on the crossroads of the Incense Road and road to Shur, and featured nine churches, at least one giant bathhouse, and an internationally renowned school of rhetoric
Fresh findings shed light on who came to Stonehenge and why, but archaeologists are now baffled by a new mystery: How visitors from as far away as Scotland transported notoriously slow animals across hundreds of kilometers
Far from being a silent fault, the Apennines system also caused disaster in Rome in the year 443 C.E., damaging early Christian churches
Rabbit habit in prehistoric southern Europe had not been expected, because catching one is a huge pain for a very small meal
As the nearby mosaic says, in Greek: ‘Only God help the beautiful property of Master Adios, amen’
Israeli scientists analyze lead isotopes in Phoenician hoards and discover that westward expansion began earlier than was previously believed
The discovery of obsidian tools on Zhokhov island indicates the existence of a vast trading network in prehistoric deep Arctic 9,000 years ago
Origin of the great standing bluestones has been found nearly 300 kilometers away in west Wales, split from volcanic outcrops 5,000 years ago – and Stonehenge may not have been their original destination
The transition from the Copper Age to harder iron tools was a turning point for the ancient Hebrew kingdoms, but we don't know quite how they did it
The Neanderthal predilection for meat had been strongly suspected; now molecular study shows similarities to wolves
Greenland was balmy when the Vikings invaded, a new study based on isotopes in flies has proven, and they left as the glaciers bore down
The mummies, 12 of which are of children, were discovered in nine-meter deep burial chambers